Nov 24, 2010

While thanking God this week for all our blessings is the normI say we should be thankful for the calm and for the stormFor the things that seem a hazard, when we think about them longerAre somehow, by the will of God, designed to make us strongerIf saying you’re surviving is the best that you can boastSuch times give us reflection to perceive what matters mostAnd so, I’m doubly grateful for the blessings and the cursesAnd humbly I acknowledge both my good and better versesI thank Him for the grace that pumps the heart that keeps me livingAnd all the things I’ve done in life—I thank him for forgivingThe hand of God has fashioned this broad universe of beautyAnd thanking him for all of it--is our pleasure and our duty But more than for creation—for the thorn and for the lotusWe ought to thank Him most for all the things we’ve yet to notice.